smurfe
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Hello all, I have a quick question in regards to wine competitions. Does the bottle the wine is in play any effect on the judging? Lets say you bottle Cabernet Sauvignon in Burgundy bottles instead of Bordeaux bottle or you bottle a Pinot Grigio in a Brown Hock bottle?
The reason I ask is that I have hundreds of empty recycled wine bottles. A huge percentage of these are Burgundy bottles of the olive color nature. I make mostly red wines and none thus far are Pinot Noir which normally uses this type of bottle. I have probably 200 brown Hock bottles as well. The person that gave them to me must of really drank a lot of Riesling.
If I bottle these wines in the Burgundy bottles and later find I have an exceptional wine that is worthy of competition entry will not having it bottled in the "industry standard" bottle effect the judging?
Will all the other winemakers be laughing at me behind my back cause I was the poor kid on the block and couldn't afford the shiny new bottles of correct proportions? Will I be outcast and never be picked for the team again? These are the things I wonder!
I guess I could always just concentrate on making Pinot Noir as it is the one red wine I notice that is bottled in these bottles. In fact the majority of these empties are indeed Pinot Noir bottles.
These are just some of the strange thoughts that rattle around inside my head while I make my wines. Just was wondering is all.
Smurfe
Edited by: smurfe
The reason I ask is that I have hundreds of empty recycled wine bottles. A huge percentage of these are Burgundy bottles of the olive color nature. I make mostly red wines and none thus far are Pinot Noir which normally uses this type of bottle. I have probably 200 brown Hock bottles as well. The person that gave them to me must of really drank a lot of Riesling.
If I bottle these wines in the Burgundy bottles and later find I have an exceptional wine that is worthy of competition entry will not having it bottled in the "industry standard" bottle effect the judging?
Will all the other winemakers be laughing at me behind my back cause I was the poor kid on the block and couldn't afford the shiny new bottles of correct proportions? Will I be outcast and never be picked for the team again? These are the things I wonder!
I guess I could always just concentrate on making Pinot Noir as it is the one red wine I notice that is bottled in these bottles. In fact the majority of these empties are indeed Pinot Noir bottles.
These are just some of the strange thoughts that rattle around inside my head while I make my wines. Just was wondering is all.
Smurfe